Fishing Lac Makissin in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Makissin falls in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, part of Quebec. The land about it is lake country bush. About 7 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Notre-Dame-du-Lac sits 51 km from here and is the nearest stop. It is 200 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Makissin

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Abitibi-Témiscamingue cover northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lac Makissin the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 18°C and January near -15°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Lac Makissin.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac des Groseilliers, 1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac Makissin in particular, ask before you travel.